{"product_id":"2026200013021-secondhand-the-city","title":"The City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark in the history of social thought, The City stands as the foundational text of the Chicago School of Sociology, presenting a rigorous and groundbreaking analysis of urban life that forever changed how scholars understand the modern metropolis. Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess, and Roderick D. McKenzie, writing in the early twentieth century, argue that the city is not merely a physical structure but a living social organism — a mosaic of distinct communities, moral regions, and human ecologies shaped by migration, commerce, and the relentless churn of industrial modernity. Drawing on empirical fieldwork conducted in Chicago itself, the authors detail the forces of competition, segregation, and assimilation that govern where people live, how they work, and how communities rise and fall.\n\nWith an introduction by Morris Janowitz, this edition situates the original essays within their broader intellectual legacy, illuminating their enduring relevance to urban sociology, planning, and policy. Park, Burgess, and McKenzie pioneered the use of the city as a laboratory for social science, and their concentric zone model of urban growth remains a touchstone of geographical and sociological theory. The City is not simply a historical document — it is a provocative lens through which the tensions of contemporary urban life, from gentrification to social inequality, continue to demand fresh scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203278151899,"sku":"2026200013021-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4d7bfcd0-c774-4d96-ab4d-dcc76fc4d628.png?v=1788147323","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013021-secondhand-the-city","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}